Verism
Art style · 11 words
The sharpest branch of New Objectivity: caricatural portrait distortion and exaggeration diagnosing social pathology.
Max Beckmann (German, 1884–1950) (1949) · Perseus's Last Duty · CC0
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Generation prompt
Single portrait, features and skin exaggerated and enlarged, gaze sharp, parts distorted; pallid skin, dark brown, grey-green and dirty red; hard light straight down, pores and wrinkles clear; very fine oil or paper brushwork, locally cold and brittle; blank background, figure filling the frame. Avoid idealisation.